1   /**
2    * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3    * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
4    *
5    * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
6    * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
7    * the Eclipse Foundation
8    *
9    *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
10   *
11   * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
12   * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
13   */
14  package ch.qos.logback.core.spi;
15  
16  import java.util.Iterator;
17  
18  import ch.qos.logback.core.Appender;
19  
20  /**
21   * Interface for attaching appenders to objects.
22   * 
23   * @author Ceki Gülcü
24   */
25  public interface AppenderAttachable<E> {
26      /**
27       * Add an appender.
28       */
29      void addAppender(Appender<E> newAppender);
30  
31      /**
32       * Get an iterator for appenders contained in the parent object.
33       */
34      Iterator<Appender<E>> iteratorForAppenders();
35  
36      /**
37       * Get an appender by name.
38       */
39      Appender<E> getAppender(String name);
40  
41      /**
42       * Returns <code>true</code> if the specified appender is in list of
43       * attached, <code>false</code> otherwise.
44       */
45      boolean isAttached(Appender<E> appender);
46  
47      /**
48       * Detach and processPriorToRemoval all previously added appenders.
49       */
50      void detachAndStopAllAppenders();
51  
52      /**
53       * Detach the appender passed as parameter from the list of appenders.
54       */
55      boolean detachAppender(Appender<E> appender);
56  
57      /**
58       * Detach the appender with the name passed as parameter from the list of
59       * appenders.
60       */
61      boolean detachAppender(String name);
62  }